/*
* Test out combinations of Ands and Ors on Boolean values.
* Some of these will probably throw a NullPointerException: which one(s)?
* Pay attention to short-circuit evaluation; if the first subexpression
* is known, do you need to evaluation the second??
*/
public class BooleanAndOr {
public static void main(String[] a) {
String s = null;
// These use the conventional logical "and" (&&) and "or" (||).
try {
if ((s != null) && (s.length() > 0))
System.out.println("At Point One");
if ((s != null) || (s.length() > 0))
System.out.println("At Point Two");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.print("Logical section threw ");
e.printStackTrace();
}
// These use bitwise "and" (&) and "or" (|); is it valid? What results?
try {
if ((s == null) & (s.length() > 0))
System.out.println("At Point Three");
if ((s == null) | (s.length() > 0))
System.out.println("At Point Four");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.print("Bitwise section threw ");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}